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for

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franchise

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which is based in

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. They were one of the ten teams to compete in the edition.

Faf Du Plessis François "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and among the best all-format ...

was the captain.

Sanjay Bangar Sanjay Bapusaheb Bangar (born 11 October 1972) is an Indian cricket commentator and the head of cricket development of the IPL franchise Punjab Kings. He is a former Indian international cricketer. He played as an all-rounder and represented ...

was the coach.

Background

The side retained three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. ;Retained:

Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian Cricket, international cricketer who plays One Day International, ODI cricket for the India national cricket team, national team and is a former Captain (cricket), captain in all formats. He is a ...

Glenn Maxwell Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer. He has played for the Australia national cricket team in all formats of the game since 2012, although he is primarily a One Day International and Twenty20 Inter ...

, Mohammad Siraj. ;Released:

Sachin Baby Sachin Baby (born 18 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm off spinner. Early life and education Sachin was born on 18 December 1988 o ...

Rajat Patidar Rajat Patidar (born 1 June 1993) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batter and an off-spin bowler. He made his international debut against South Africa in December 2023. Patidar plays for Madhya Pradesh in dome ...

Tim David Timothy Hays David (born 16 March 1996) is a Singaporean and Australian cricketer. He played for the Singapore national cricket team between 2019 and 2020, before switching allegiance to Australia in 2022. He was part of the Australian team's s ...

Suyash Prabhudessai Suyash S Prabhudessai (born 6 December 1997) is an Indian cricketer from Goa who plays for Goa in domestic matches and previously for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL. He made his List A debut for Goa in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare T ...

Devdutt Padikkal Devdutt Padikkal (; born 7 July 2000) is an Indian international cricketer who has represented the Indian cricket team. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket and has appeared for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Sup ...

, Dan Christian,

Pavan Deshpande Pavan Deshpande (born 16 September 1989) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Puducherry and Karnataka. He made his first-class debut for Karnataka in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy on 7 December 2016. He made his List A debut for Karnat ...

Daniel Sams Daniel Richard Sams (born 27 October 1992) is an Australian international cricketer. Nicknamed "the Karate Kid", he made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in December 2020. Career Sams made his first-class cricket debut fo ...

Shahbaz Ahmed Shahbaz Ahmad (Urdu: شہباز احمد) (born 1 September 1968) is a former field hockey player from Pakistan who is also known by his nickname 'Shahbaz Senior'. He was born to an Arain family. Career He is considered to be among the best ...

Washington Sundar Washington Sundar (; born 5 October 1999) is an Indian international cricketer. An all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He mad ...

AB de Villiers Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African former international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest batters of his generation. de Villiers was named as the ODI Player of the Year three times during h ...

(Retired), K. S. Bharat, Mohammed Azharuddeen,

Josh Philippe Joshua Ryan Philippe (born 1 June 1997) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper batsman. He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in February 2021. Born to a cricketing family, his father has played for West ...

Finn Allen Finnley Hugh Allen (born 22 April 1999) is a New Zealand International cricketer, who has played for the New Zealand cricket team since March 2021. He plays domestic cricket for Auckland, having previously played for Wellington, and has played ...

Yuzvendra Chahal Yuzvendra Chahal (born 23 July 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team in white ball cricket as a leg spin bowler. He also represents Haryana in domestic cricket, Punjab Kings in the Indian Premi ...

Adam Zampa Adam Zampa (born 31 March 1992) is an Australian international cricketer who represents Australian cricket team in limited-overs cricket. Zampa was a member of the Australian teams that won the 2023 Cricket World Cup and the 2021 T20 World Cup. ...

Harshal Patel Harshal Patel (born 23 November 1990) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the country's national team in Twenty20 internationals (T20I). A right-arm medium pace bowler who bats right-handed, Patel made his T20I debut against New Zealand ...

Kane Richardson Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Queensland and Melbourne Renegades. Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day I ...

Scott Kuggeleijn Scott Christopher Kuggeleijn (born 3 January 1992) is a New Zealand international cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Northern Districts. Domestic and T20 career In the 2016–17 Ford Trophy, Kuggeleijn took the most wickets in the to ...

Dushmantha Chameera Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera (born 12 January 1992), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all three formats for the national team, He is a Right-arm fast bowler and also a handy lower order batsman. He plays cricket domestic ...

Navdeep Saini Navdeep Amarjeet Saini (; born 23 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer who represented his country in all three international formats between 2019 and 2021. He has played for Delhi in domestic cricket since 2013 and has appeared in the Indian Pr ...

Kyle Jamieson Kyle Alex Jamieson (born 30 December 1994) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in February 2020 against India. In May 2020, New Zealand Cricket awarded him with a central contract, ahead of ...

Akash Deep Akash Deep (born 15 December 1996) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays as a right arm fast bowler and right handed lower order batter for the India national cricket team in International cricket, for the Bengal cricket team in domest ...

George Garton George Henry Simmons Garton (born 15 April 1997) is an English international cricketer who plays for the England national cricket team and Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast. He made his internat ...

. ;Acquired during the auction:

Wanindu Hasaranga Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva ( Sinhala: වනිඳු හසරංග, ; born 29 July 1997), better known as Wanindu Hasaranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited over internationals and a former T20I c ...

Faf du Plessis François "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and among the best all-format ...

Mahipal Lomror Mahipal Krishan Lomror (born 16 November 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in Indian Premier League. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Career Mah ...

, David Willey,

Sherfane Rutherford Sherfane Eviston Rutherford (born 15 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer. He made his Twenty20 International debut for the West Indies against Bangladesh on 22 December 2018 and his One Day International debut in December 2023 against England. ...

, Aneeshwar Gautam,

Dinesh Karthik Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is a former Indian professional cricketer, coach, and Sports commentator, commentator. Karthik played for the India national cricket team and also captained Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu in ...

Anuj Rawat Anuj Rawat (born 17 October 1999) is an Indian cricketer who represents Delhi in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in Indian Premier League. He is a left-handed top order batsman and wicket-keeper. He made his first-class debut for Delhi ...

Siddarth Kaul Siddarth Kaul (born 19 May 1990), also spelled Siddharth Kaul, is an Indian former professional cricketer. A fast bowler who bowls at about 130 km/h, he made his first-class debut for Punjab in 2007. Kaul was a part of the victorious India Un ...

Luvnith Sisodia Luvnith Sisodia (born 15 January 2000) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Karnataka in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 25 February 2019. In February 2022, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the aucti ...

Karn Sharma Karn Vinod Sharma (born 23 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder for the Railways cricket team. He is a left-hand batsman and leg break bowler. He made his Twenty20 International debut against England in 2014. He ma ...

Josh Hazlewood Josh Reginald Hazlewood (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian international cricketer. He is a pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. He has captained Australia in a ODI and served ...

Jason Behrendorff Jason Paul Behrendorff (born 20 April 1990) is an Australian cricketer who played One Day International, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 International, Twenty20 Internationals for Australia national cricket team, Australia and first-class an ...

Chama Milind Chama Milind (born 4 September 1994) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for the Hyderabad cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium bowler. He was a member of India Under-19 cricket team. In February 2022, he wa ...

Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold *Squad strength: 25 (18 - Indian, 7 - overseas)

Personnel

Teams and standings

Points table

Group stages

Matches

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Playoffs

Preliminary

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

References

External links

Official Website
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